Chapter 9 vocab

Masses of neuron cell bodies, usually outside the central nervous system

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The difference in electrical charge between the inside and the outside of an undisturbed nerve cell membrane

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A type of neuroglial cell that forms myelin

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A bundle of axons in the peripheral nervous system

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The part of the nervous system that integrates the information that it receives

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carry nerve impulses from receptors or sense organs towards the central nervous system

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carry nerve impulses away from the central nervous system to effectors

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the sequence of electrical changes that occurs in a portion of a nerve cell membrane that is exposed to a stimulus that exceeds the membranes threshold

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A type of neuroligial cell that surrounds an axon ofa peripheral neuron, forming the neruilemmal sheath and myelin

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the basic building blocks of the nervous system

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Neuroligal cells tat line the ventricles of the brain

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Chemicals that axons secrete on effectors or other neurons

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specialized cells of the nervous system that produce myelin, communicate between cells, maintain the ionic environment, and nurture the differentiation of neruons

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Portion of nerve cell that includes cytoplasmic mass and a nucleus and form which nerve fibers extend

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The voluntary control of body movements

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A type of neuroglial cell that connects neurons to blood vessels

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Consists of the nerves and ganglia outside of the brain and spinal cord

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Acts as a control system functioning largely below the level of consciousness, and controls visceral functions

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The gaps formed between the myelin sheaths generated by different cells

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The functional connection between the axon of a neuron and the dendrite or cell body of another neuron or the membrane of another cell type

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Specialized structures associated with the peripheral end of sensory neurons specific to detecting a particular sensation and triggering nerve impulses in response, which transmitted to the central nervous system.

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Branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell body

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Muscles or glands that effect changes in the body

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A long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body

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ct as the first and main form of active immune defense in the central nervous system

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